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Plastic Surgery

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Procedures for the Neck

Laser Liposculpture and Platysma Resurfacing. A procedure called laser neck and jowl liposculpture and platysma resurfacing may prove to be an alternative to face-lifts. The procedure requires only a one-inch incision under the chin and removing excess fat. After the fat is removed, the surgeon tightens the platysma, the thin muscular sheet under the skin of the neck, which improves the shape of the neck. Only local anesthetic is needed, and the patient can return to normal activities in 2 days. The patient's skin should be elastic enough to be able to reform without sagging.


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Review Date: 09/03/2006
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, M.D., Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).
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